Paper moon

I was pleased to see nigelsecostore.com getting a mention for this one in yesterday’s Observer. I started out by stocking the kind of items that appealed to me. As time’s gone on, I’m trying to add more items for the whole family - like the Paperpod Rocket.

Actually, thinking about it, this one does appeal to me too. I’d just need a bigger one. But it’s nice that people are noticing the new stuff at the store.

It’s also nice to see cardboard used for something apart from packaging. On a packaging-related note, I also noticed over the weekend while browsing Eco-Worrier that WRAP, an organisation dedicated to maximising recycling and minimising landfill, have launched a new consumer site called Love Food Hate Waste.

It’s calculated that a third of the food we buy, we throw away. Throwing away 6.7 million tonnes of food every year - mostly into landfill - is not one of the smartest habits of modern living. OK, some of that’s inevitable, like potato peelings and cabbage stalks - but most of it is because we buy too much food, cook too large portions and store it inefficiently at home.

The site has a number of whizzy interactive sections to help us manage our households in a more eco-friendly way. Ever keen, I tried it out. How many potatoes would I need, I asked, to feed two adults and two children?

The answer:

You chose to serve mash potatoes for 2 adults and 2 children, so you need:
6 heaped tablespoons

Needs a little work, still, possibly.

Or maybe I’ve just been cooking my potatoes wrong all these years.

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This entry was written by Nigel and posted on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 10:07 am and filed under Packaging, Green food, Nigel's Eco Store, Media. Bookmark the permalink. You can follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment, or trackback from your own site.

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